Re: [PATCH] Implement git-staged, an alias for 'git diff --cached'.

From: Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>
Date: Oct 29, 2008, 17:42 UTC
Message-ID: <E4E10B61-FA92-417C-9046-F9DE3B48C2A6@wincent.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0810291801580.22125@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>

El 29/10/2008, a las 18:03, Johannes Schindelin escribió:

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> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008, Wincent Colaiuta wrote:
>
>> Git already has too many commands. Adding more is not going to  
>> clear up
>> newbie confusion, and will only waste time because people will  
>> complain
>> about it and ask why there is this kind of duplication.
>
> I completely disagree.  If the existing set of commands causes  
> confusion,
> we need to deprecate those parts and add new commands.  Even if we  
> have a
> ton of commands already.

The confusion isn't at the command level; it's at the switch/option level. The solution isn't to add a new command.

> It does not need to hurt, either.  Just think of init-db.  Ever  
> heard of
> it?  We still have it, yet it is not relevant.

The comparison isn't really valid. init-db is effectively invisible, but you're talking about adding a new "in your face" porcelain command.